Chapter 485: How does it feel to be burned by your own ship
Nearly 700 Wu army warships, with the earth-shattering sound of killing, came out of the darkness of the night and rushed towards the Wulin Wei camp on the north bank. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Sun Ce stood at the bow of the ship, arrogant, as if he had seen Gan Ning's fireship unstoppably crashing into the enemy camp, burning the potter's camp and warship into a sea of fire.
He could even imagine the despair and anguish of the potters when they saw the fire and wanted to scatter the warships, but they couldn't escape because of the iron locks.
"Pottery thief, today is the end of the legend of your dominance over the world and victory in a hundred battles, haha-"
The more Sun Ce thought about it, the more proud he became, and he couldn't help laughing wildly, extremely wanton.
Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly.
Because he suddenly felt that the strong wind that was howling behind him suddenly stopped.
"Why did the wind stop without warning, what's going on?" Zhou Yu, who was also proud beside him, also changed color.
Sun Ce stretched out his hand and felt it in the air a few times, and sure enough, there was no trace of wind, and a deep confusion couldn't help but appear on his handsome face.
Immediately after, Sun Ce felt the wind blowing again.
However, this time, the wind is not blowing from behind, but from the front!
The north wind turned out to be the north wind!
Sun Ce changed color in shock, Zhou Yu changed color in shock, and tens of thousands of soldiers of Wu State with high morale were all shocked and discolored.
They never imagined that just before they attacked, the southeast wind would suddenly disappear strangely.
What's even more weird is that in the blink of an eye, a north wind blew!
Even if there are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, how can they change so fast, so fast that there is not even the slightest sign.
The monarchs and ministers of the Wu Kingdom were all in a state of confusion one by one, and soon, the originally frightened faces quickly distorted and deformed, turning into horror.
The pair of eyes that stared at the big ones were already red by the blazing red flames in a blink of an eye.
In the front direction, a row of fireships was taking advantage of the north wind and thunderbolt to rush towards the Wu fleet.
Wu Jun's course was originally aimed at the north shore, and it was too late to turn around and slow down, and the fireship took advantage of the wind to speed extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye, it was approaching dozens of steps.
There's nothing to stop it.
More than 40 fireships rushed towards the Wu army like wild horses that had escaped the reins, and the ships were hidden in advance with flammable materials such as saltpeter and fire oil, which only needed to burn in an instant, and by the momentum of the north wind, one after another the fireships were like fire dragons, unstoppable, and rushed forward.
On the flagship, Sun Ce, who was originally arrogant, had instantly fallen into endless horror at this moment.
Only then did he realize that the series of strategies they had painstakingly laid out had probably been seen through by the potters.
However, it is just that the plan was seen through by the potter, after all, it was a human scheme, how could the potter calculate that at this critical moment, the southeast wind would turn into the northwest wind.
Could it be that even the heavens are helping the potters?
"My lord, something is wrong, quickly order all ships to disperse the fire shelter boats?" Zhou Yu, who was beside him, shouted in horror.
Sun Ce woke up from the shock and swept around, seeing that his own fleet formation was so dense, the original iron-clad formation had become the biggest mistake.
"Quick, the whole ship disperses, dodge the fireship!" Sun Ce was frightened, and shouted loudly, his voice becoming hoarse and urgent.
Before his order was handed down, the ships that had already been frightened began to scatter and dodge as soon as possible.
Late.
The fireships coming downwind did not give the Wu ships a chance to dodge at all, such a close distance, such a dense formation, and such a fast speed, when the Wu navy just changed course, more than forty fireships sprayed tongues of fire and crashed into the fleet like the wind.
With a loud bang, the two fireships bore the brunt of the collision with a building ship in the front, and the raging flames spread rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the entire building ship was ignited.
The fire was raging, under the blowing of the wind, spreading extremely fast, and it was impossible to extinguish it at all, and the Wu soldiers on the building ship were so frightened that they changed color, completely lost their sense of proportion, and were afraid of being buried in the sea of fire, so they had to rush to the deck and jump into the water to escape desperately.
Dozens of fireships roared past, pounced on enemy ships that had no time to dodge, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen flames soared into the sky.
And those enemy ships that had been set on fire, out of control, turned into even larger fireships under the blowing of the north wind, and crashed into their own ships.
In the blink of an eye, half of the river was covered by fire, and half of the more than 700 Wu naval warships were set on fire.
Countless frightened soldiers jumped into the water, either drowning in the raging river or killing their own warships, and the rest of the soldiers who could not jump away all died in the fire.
"How so, how can this be?" Sun Ce looked at his own fleet in all directions, caught in the sea of fire, gritted his teeth in pain, his handsome face was completely distorted and deformed, and the word despair was complete.
"Bo Fu, the general trend has gone, quickly retreat to the south bank, we can't hold on any longer." Zhou Yu, beside him, shouted in a trembling voice.
Sun Ce's heart was dripping blood, his pride had been shattered by the potter, he was distressed, and he was unwilling, but he could only nod helplessly, and said "withdraw the troops" with a trembling voice.
Zhou Yu was overjoyed, and shouted in a hurry: "The king has an order, and the whole army will withdraw and return to the camp." ”
The sound of Mingjin's withdrawal of troops sounded immediately, and the remaining ships of the Wu army struggling in the sea of fire, like frightened lambs, dodged the fireboats on the left and right on one side, and hurriedly fled towards the south shore on the other.
In the Ulin camp, there was already thunderous cheers.
Tens of thousands of Great Wei soldiers were all excited and shouted wantonly when they saw the enemy fleet destroyed by their fireships.
"Sun Ce, it must feel very sour to be burned by his own fireboat......" Admiring the spectacular fire shadow in front of him, the potter sneered.
Seeing this, Wu Zixu said excitedly: "King, the Wu thief has been burned back, it seems that he must have suffered heavy losses, and our sailors will take the opportunity to catch up and kill, and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor." ”
"Most of the losses of Wu's naval army are no longer a climate." The potter sneered, "This king expects that Liu Biao's old thief has secretly landed upstream at this moment, and wants to intercept and kill our defeated army, this king will go to clean up Liu Biao's old dog first, and it will not be too late to go to the enemy camp in Chibi tomorrow." ”
The potter picked up his sword, turned on his horse, and headed straight for the land.
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Upstream, two hundred warships were heading against the current, heading towards the upper reaches of Ulin.
The sound of the river drowned out the sound of paddling, and the dark night became the best cover for the fleet.
The Yangtze River is windy and waves, and sailing at night can be said to be quite risky, but this Yangtze River waterway is very familiar to the sailors of the Chu army.
On the flagship, Liu Biao's old body stood majestically in the night, and there were many emotions circulating in his sunken eyes.
At this moment, before the decisive battle, he couldn't help but think of his previous defeats.
He remembered how he, the king of Great Chu, was forced to this role step by step by the potter, to the point that he couldn't even keep his wife, and had to turn to his former enemies for help.
For him, who was born in the royal family and was a famous man in the world, all this humiliation is unforgettable and will never be forgotten.
Take revenge and ask Tao Shang to repay the blood debt, just today!
While he was thinking, the bow of the ship came to report that the fleet had reached the predetermined waters.
Liu Biao retracted his mind and looked downstream, but saw that in the direction of Wulin, the night sky had been red by the firelight, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing were faintly heard.
Looking at this sign, it must be the success of Gan Ning's deception plan, and the Wei army camp and warships that wanted to come to Ulin have been burned into a sea of fire.
At this moment, the potter must have fled in a hurry.
"Pottery thief, this king looks where you are fleeing......"
A sneer rose at the corner of Liu Biao's mouth, the murderous intent in his eyes was furious, he drew his sword and shouted: "The whole army, land with this king, intercept and kill the pottery thief!" ”
On the flagship, the signal lights swayed, and the order was quickly handed down, and nearly 10,000 Chu soldiers and soldiers, skillfully changed into boats, and began to row silently towards the river beach on the north bank.
The Jiangxia Navy under Liu Biao can be regarded as an elite division, its combat effectiveness exceeds that of the Xiangyang Navy under the command of Cai Mao, the military discipline is rectified, no one dares to say a word of nonsense, rowing ashore, orderly, less than half an hour, more than 10,000 Chu troops, all landed on the north bank.
After going ashore, Liu Biao swept downstream again, only to see that the sea of fire was more intense in the sky above Wulin, and the sound of killing was more shocking, and Liu Biao's old face was even more gloomy and proud.
There is no doubt that the Wei camp was burned, Sun Ce must have led a large army to attack the enemy camp, and the pottery merchants were defeated and defeated, they would inevitably flee to the Jiangling area, and Huarong Dao was the only way for the pottery merchants.
Cousin Liu led 10,000 soldiers and horses to land upstream first, that is, to go straight to Huarong Road to intercept and kill the defeated army of the pottery merchants.
Liu Biao immediately ordered the soldiers of the battalions who landed on the shore to quickly assemble in formation, preparing to march away from the river bank and march to Huarong Road, which was inland.
"Huang Zu, after your men and horses are pressed, this prince will lead the light troops first." Liu Biao turned over and got on the horse, and he was so proud that it was the first time he wanted to go into battle in person.
"The king is going to stop the pottery thief himself?" Huang Zu's eyes changed, obviously he didn't expect that Liu Biao would take the initiative to fight at this time.
"The pottery thief has repeatedly humiliated this king, and this king wants to wash away the shame with his own hands and get back the lost dignity with his own hands!" Liu Biao gritted his teeth, and the hatred in his eyes was crazy.
Huang Zu immediately understood Liu Biao's intentions, so he went to the rear army.
At that moment, Liu Biao led an army of 10,000 to go first, and Huang Zu led 5,000 soldiers and horses, and then followed up, all the way to Huarong Road.
"King, our army has few soldiers and horses, how about preserving our strength and letting Sun Ce fight with the pottery thief, we can just pretend, we don't have to fight to the death with the pottery thief." Huang Zhong beside him reminded.
Liu Biao sneered, and said in a low voice: "The defeat of the pottery merchants is a foregone conclusion, we will only encounter the defeat of the pottery thieves, and we can get a big victory without much effort, and after the pottery thieves are driven out of Jingzhou, we also have the confidence to face Sun Ce, otherwise Wu will win all the credits, and we will not make an inch, do you think, can we still keep Jingzhou?" ”
"The king is wise, and the old man understands." Huang Zhong suddenly realized.
Liu Biao's pale face became more and more proud, his eyes looked north, and he said coldly: "Pottery thief, today is the time when this king is ashamed, you have won many battles, and today you are finally going to lose to this king." ”
Before the words fell, Liu Biao suddenly heard it, and a buzzing sound sounded in his ears, which was coming from far and near.